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CATTLE ANI> DAIRY FARMING. 



rye-grass (Lolium temulentum') about 10 per cent; leaving about 15 per cent, for mis- 

 cellaneous grasses and weeds, and this is believed to be a fair type of the natural 

 pasture of the coast districts and less elevated lands. The upper pastures (from 250 

 meters above sea-level upwards) covering, probably, 60 per cent, of the total in the 

 province, have a smaller proportion of Leguminse than the low-lying tracts ; wild 

 clover is absent, and lucerne (Medicago saliva) takes its place ; the French honey- 

 suckle is very abundant, especially on chalky hill-sides and table-lands. Amongst 

 the Graminese, the fescue grasses, wild oats, brome and the meadow grasses (Poo) 

 thrive most luxuriantly in the higher pastures, and those species undoubtedly furnish 

 a large proportion of the upland herbage. 



Statement showing the area of pasture lands in the province of Cadiz. 

 [Total area of province 7.275 kilometers.] 



* Sierra de Gibraltar, t Altitude estimated, not measured. 

 NOTE. The hectare = 2.47114 acres. 



I Cerro del Pinar. Pico del Algibe. 



Statistics of cattle of Western Andalusia. 



Size at maturity. 



Name of breed : Andalusian. 



Yield of milk : Milk is rarely collected ; quantity of dairy yield of a fair cow is esti 

 mated at 7 kilograms per day. 



MilJc to pounds of butter : Unknown ; butter-making as a regular industry does not 

 exist. 



Mill: to pounds of clieese : Unknown ; very little cheese is made. 



LIVE WEIGHT. Cow : 255 kilograms; bull : 380 kilograms; ox : 335 kilograms. 



Age at maturity : Four and a half to five years. 



WEIGHT OF MEAT AT MATURITY. Ox: '225 kilograms ; bull: 260 kilograms; cow: 

 170 kilograms. 



Color: Pure black and pure red cattle are the most abundant; next common are 

 spotted black and white, then spotted red and white. 



Description : The Andalusian cattle are fairly proportioned animals, neither high 

 nor low on the leg j rather deep-chested and clear-limbed. The contour of the back 



